- Mature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Able Quotes
On capability, readiness and what makes action possible.
These quotes touch on being able to act: governments expected to give straight answers, leaders imagined thinking more imaginatively, and allies working to restore the unity needed to act together. For more, see our Being quotes.
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- Company
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- Nov 07, 2020
We really believe that Walt Disney is a very able company with great depth and a great set of franchises.
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always been thankful that so many of our country's greatest leaders and statesmen were able to be on this earth at the same time and place to draft the Constitution.
- Buy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't believe that, with the click of a mouse, you should be able to buy unlimited amounts of ammunition.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I worked in a chicken factory, in a steel foundry, I worked on the bins for a year or so. It started as a summer job, but I stayed on because I liked it very much. I liked it that it made you very fit, doing all the lifting and that, so I could wear short-sleeved t-shirts, which I'd never been able to do before!
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The government gets it right on Head Start. We are providing opportunities for children in underserved areas where parents may not be able to afford preschool so they can begin their schooling with a running or Head Start.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I voted no on the resolution to give the president authority to go to war against Iraq. I was able to apply caveat emptor. Most of my colleagues could not.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
My experience is that the Australian people rarely get it wrong - they will vote for a united party that is able to look after their interests and the national interest.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think track is still one of the most exciting participant sports, but we haven't been able to capitalize on that excitement through television and the print media.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I, as a public official, turn to Scripture or hymns - especially hymns, because sometimes we Catholics don't have the Scriptures memorized like we should - to help me explain a public policy position or an idea or to be able to articulate it better when you're talking about justice or mercy or compassion.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you have a governor of your party, that governor has the capacity to be able to build a party, lead a party, more so than any Senator or anyone in the Congressional delegation.
- Empathize
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some public officials are blessed - you can't acquire this, but you are blessed with the gift of empathy, being able to empathize with those who are suffering.
- Church
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no question that a public official of either party can take it too far, and it's up to the candidate to be able to strike that balance, the balance that is the separation of church and state. The way I've always looked at this is that every candidate has a right to talk as much or as little about their faith as they deem appropriate.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have never owned, as a country, the damage done not only to people who were enslaved but to future generations in which they were treated. I think that has damaged the future of many African-American people. Some have risen above it quite nobly, but it has impacted generations, and we have to be able to own that as part of the past.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
The church can challenge society, but society also challenges the church. That's good. We should be humble enough to be able to accept that.
- Amazing Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was amazing feeling to be able to be involved in invention, but not just invention - the creating of a marketplace that had real value to add.
- Amazing
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- Nov 07, 2020